![]() ( Chronicle review Bargain Bites 2004)įirefly: If only we could all have such a fine eatery in our neighborhood. Good vegetarian options include the spicy smoked bean curd and eggplant with spicy garlic sauce. Popular house specials include the savory-sweet mango prawns served on a bed of crunchy red cabbage and General Tso's chicken. 4138 24th St., (415) 282-7770.Įric's: A long-time neighborhood favorite, Eric's serves up dependable, Americanized versions of classic Hunan and Mandarin dishes in a lovely Victorian storefront. You can take your beef to go or use the spacious dining room or the outdoor patio. ![]() 1599 Sanchez Street, (415) 282-8999.īarney's: Few in San Francisco will admit to craving hamburgers, but those who do will want to seek out Barney's for fat burgers with more toppings than you can shake a french fry at. ![]() Watch out for double-wide strollers and packs of golden retrievers!Īlice's: Tasty, cheap, high-quality Chinese food. If you're visiting during a workday, you may wonder whether anyone in this area has a day job - the sidewalks bustle from dawn to dusk. One thing's for sure - Noe Valleyans enjoy their neighborhood - especially on weekends, if the dense foot traffic on 24th Street is any indication.Īlthough Noe Valley boasts a plethora of delectable eateries, the best way to absorb the neighborhood is to grab a cuppa joe at Martha and Brothers, a coconut/dried-cherry scone from Noe Valley Baking Company and a piece of sunny sidewalk. Others joke about Noe Valley's mammoth stroller population and bourgeois sensibilities columnist Debby Morse once quipped in the Examiner, "Many Noe Valley walkers push babies in strollers, often using them as battering rams in crowded situations." Some residents have grumbled that Noe Valley has become a great place to have coffee and a bagel but a terrible place to buy what you actually need if you're lucky enough to live there. This, in turn, has attracted merchants who cater to those looking for handmade Guatemalan textile products, upscale beauty products, or Eileen Fisher ensembles. The hills that surround Noe Valley give it an air of remoteness and removal from the city which, along with the plethora of pretty, long-standing Victorians, is what attracts families with kids, dogs and strollers to the neighborhood. Since the dot.com boom began waning, housing prices have dipped slightly and there has been some turnover on the main shopping drag, but it remains a prosperous, shopper-friendly neighborhood whose bistros, coffee shops, and bookstores are always lively, and where parking is always at a premium. Recent problems with storefront vandalism stand in sharp contrast to Noe's clean-cut image and the fact that it's chock full of upscale restaurants, home-decor boutiques, and chic clothing shops. It's home to both liberals and conservatives, it has attracted the working class, dot.com millionaires, Hollywood film crews ("Sister Act," "Nash Bridges"), and, in the 1970s, followers of controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Noe Valley is a neighborhood of contradictions.
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